JERUSALEM, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Israel's inflation rate
hit a 14-year high in January, rising 5.4% over the prior 12
months, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
The rate was expected to remain at 5.3%, according to a
Reuters poll of economists.
The consumer price index, in which the bureau slightly
adjusted its basket weightings, rose 0.3% in January from
December.
(Reporting by Steven Scheer; editing by John Stonestreet)
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